The independent research into national standards | Kiwiblog

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Whale Oil blogged how media uncritically reported an NZEI media release as news, including this line: 3News has the headline: NZEI begins independent.

Another email from Perry Rush —

URL: Another email from Perry Rush —
Another email via the tipline showing that the union organised opposition to National Standards are planning to ignore government policy and refuse to submit National Standards data to the Ministry or at the very least to submit them in ...

Launch of Te Pae Tawhiti: Māori Economic Development

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Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga to research Māori economic development Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga will this week launch Te Pae Tawhiti: Māori Economic Development, a major research initiative that aims to optimise Māori economic performance and growth.

Launch of Young Innovator Awards 2011

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Secondary school teachers, students, parents and local business people gathered last week to launch the 2011 Young Innovator Awards. The competition has been designed to recognise secondary school students that show innovative problem solving skills ...

Care For Students A Quiet Triumph - Voxy

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Voxy
"It is one of the quiet triumphs of the February earthquake that although there were thousands of students in schools around Christchurch when the quake struck, with around 9000 of them in schools that were probably damaged beyond repair, there were no ...

Wellbeing – supporting children and students

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How to support children after the Christchurch earthquake. Tips, helpful websites and phone numbers. For parents...

Studies offer stability for students post quake

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The fact only ten out of 250 enrolled students are not returning to their studies after the February quake has director of Academy New Zealand Andrew Murray quite satisfied.'I think that's an endorsement from out students of what...

Secondary schools IT competition - SunLive

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SunLive
Read More A world first IT competition for secondary schools will see students inventing new and improved ways of using open source data. The Mashup competition will be held over the weekend of March 26 and 27, with 17 schools from around the Bay of ...

New US universities VC fund a model for New Zealand? - Sciblogs (blog)

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Sciblogs (blog)
The roles and abilities of universities to create and maintain start-ups is a challenge all over the world. New Zealand's no different, and Victoria University's Viclink looks like it is going to get a make over, with its back office infrastructure ...

Stuart McCutcheon : Professor's claims over uni at odds with facts

URL: Stuart McCutcheon : Professor's claims over uni at odds with facts
Nigel Haworth's claims ( Herald , March 10) of rampant managerialism at the University of Auckland are at odds with the facts and thus rather surprising for a research professor.The university is governed by a council which includes...

RNZ NTN: Government's healthy food guidelines

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A new study shows nutritious food is too expensive for struggling families.